Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In gunnery, a strong rope employed to diminish the recoil of a gun by increasing the fractional resistances. Far-row, Mil. Encyc.
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Examples
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He was a youth belonging to the brig 'Janet,' of South Shields, which was leaving the Victoria Dock, Hull, and he had the misfortune, while unfastening the check-rope, attached to the 'Dolphin,' to fall overboard.
The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Henry Woodcock
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"With a check-rope," said Mr. Adams, "-- and I got one in the barrer -- we can lower it down here easy."
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Hardly had she disappeared before the conductor pulled the check-rope, and the train began to move.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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